How can I tell what is the http status code returned by a request to a url?

Question

Is there a way to tell what code is returned by hitting a url?

I tried to look it up, but all I find is a list of different codes. I'm trying to find out the http status code returned for a number of URLs I'm working with, but I don't know where to even start looking for where to find the status codes.

Any assistance pointing me in the right direction would be a big help.

Answer 1

Just use Chrome browser. Hit F12 to get developer tools and look at the network tab. Shows you all status codes, whether page was from cache etc.

Answer 2

You can use Fiddler or Firebug for this. There are literally hundreds of other tools and pluggings to view raw HTTP info.

For example in Mozilla Firebug you can go to Net and hit F5 (refresh the page)